Sojourners Magazine: August 2022
Why we need to free the "apostle to the apostles" from centuries of myth and distortion.
Features
The disciples couldn’t handle that a woman received Christ’s favor. And apparently neither can history.
An interview with Harry Lafond on how the church might be replanted in Cree culture and land.
Monstrous mountains of our own making are growing in number in the driest non-polar desert on Earth.
Voices
Chaplains aren’t free to oppose military doctrines or actions, even if they contradict the teachings of the church.
The way the church has treated her says more about the church than it does about Mary.
The first-of-its-kind collective bargaining agreement achieved by the USWNT highlights that when women win, we all win.
Recognizing that there are more than two perspectives opens us up to common sacred ground.
What does following Christ mean for any of us who have choices in a world where others do not?
Otherwise you might as well be spending your savings to drill oil wells in your backyard.
"The Tops Market shooting became the world's tragedy, but we needed to acknowledge that it was Buffalo's first."
"My interdisciplinary studies had complexified my interest in clothing and revealed striking insights about consumption, community, and responsibility."
"We have to hold onto the hope and believe that we – followers of Jesus – can make a difference in our world."
Vision
Right now, our lives seem to be all about sitting with painful, tangled questions. It makes sense that our art should be, too.
We are a country where slaughtered kids are sent to their graves in candy-colored caskets while politicians and weapons manufacturers rake in power and profit.
James Baldwin's “Blues for Mister Charlie” asks us: In a world of white violence and Black death, what do you see?
Timothy Beal's When Time Is Short: Finding Our Way in the Anthropocene is a "what if it's already too late?" book.
In Reconsidering Reparations, Olúfémi Táíwò argues that history is "a way to map the currents that engulf us in the present."
Three culture recommendations from our editors.
A poem.
August reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary, Cycle C
Steer their karts into a banana peel, causing them to swirl off the edge of Rainbow Road.
The Color of Money
In America, we can no more give up the racism in our nation than we can give up the political economy that funds our lives.